Numbers 1:47

What does Numbers 1:47 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 1:47 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

Context

v.46even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

v.47This passage

v.48For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 26:57

    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Numbers 1:50

    but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

  • Numbers 2:33

    But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:6

    But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

  • Numbers 3:1

    Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

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